Departure City: CINQUE TERRE

Meeting Point: PORTOVENERE, PIAZZA BASTRERI.

Day:
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Duration: APPROX. 4 HRS

PRIVATE - GUIDED TOUR AND PESTO EXPERIENCE IN PORTOVENERE

Meet licensed private guide in Portovenere, Piazza Bastreri. Walking tour through historic center via central carrugio, admiring locals and stores, observing 'calate' vaults to sea and stairways to upper village with ancient San Pietro church, famous worldwide for striking views. Under promontory
descend to 'Byron's Cave,' commemorating Romantic poet's presence. Climbing to castle, reach San Lorenzo church, village's oldest, holding miraculous White Madonna scroll. Walk along beautiful Palazzata a mare with typical colorful tower houses. Tour ends discovering Ligurian Pesto secrets through lecture on world-famous product: stories, traditions,
raw materials, preparation and tasting.

Notes:

Includes:

  • A licensed private tour guide (4 hours availability)
  • Private pesto lesson and tastings as scheduled
  • 1 jar of pesto as a souvenir of the experience

Not included:

  • Gratuities